#MissKittyPolitics Yes, the 3/5 Compromise was integral to the creation of the #Electoral #College. By counting three-fifths of the enslaved population for #Congressional #apportionment, it #artificially #boosted the South's electoral power, ensuring slave states ... //Those expectations die hard.//

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In person or online: Join the International Souris River Board for a June 25 Public Meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan 🇨🇦 https://ijc.org/en/srb/join-international-souris-river-board-june-25-public-meeting-regina-saskatchewan

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Join the International Souris River Board for a June 25 Public Meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan | International Joint Commission

The public is invited to hear from the International Souris River Board on the evening of Tuesday, June 25. There will be a presentation by co-chairs on the board and its activities, followed by time for people to ask questions and provide comments.   

International Joint Commission

"The number has gotten so high because the 1929 Permanent #Apportionment Act has as a de facto matter capped the size of the House. The bill set the decennial reapportionment of the House on autopilot. It assigned the #Census Bureau the job of reporting a new 435-seat apportionment plan for the House to the president following each decennial census .... #Congress can change this number if it wants to, but it has not wanted to for nearly a century now."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/28/danielle-allen-democracy-reform-congress-house-expansion/

The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that.

The framers never wanted members to represent such large districts — and with good reason.

The Washington Post
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